MavEtJu's Distorted View of the World - Music

Recently I bought the Anthology album from Paul Simon. It's two
CDs, one with old songs and one from and later than the Graceland
album. The old songs are good for singing along, and the one which
catches my ear every time I hear it is Cecilia:

Making love in the afternoon with cecilia
Up in my bedroom,
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to bed,
Someone's taken my place.

So... Imagine this: Paul Simon takes Cecilia to his bedroom,
has sex with her and then just goes to the bathroom to have a quick
face wash. In this bedroom, a man jumps from his wardrobe and starts
having sex with Cecilia. That man must have been there all the time
that Paul and Cecillia were busy with each other, and must have
been there even before they entered the room and started
to get it on! And Cecilia? She doesn't care, she just goes for
seconds in somebody elses bed and house, while she knows that the
owner of that house is just one door away from her... That makes
you think, doesn't it?

Posted on 2006-01-16 14:57:20, modified on 2006-01-16 15:24:56
Tags: Music

Remember William Shatner? Starring as Captain James T. Kirk in the
original Star Trek series, atttempting to become a singer with his
"If I had a Hammer", "Mr Tamborine Man" and "Lucy in the Sky with
Diamonds"... "Enough!" most people would say now, "We admire him
for his Star Trek, not for his music."

He has made a new record, called "Has Been". This time not songs
from others, but from himself. As a man who is with 73 years old
at the end of his life, and wants to come to term with what happened
to him: The memories, the losses, the coming end, his view on life,
Very different styles, very different topics, very different people.
And as you expect from his (in)famous James T. Kirk style of acting,
he's not singing but talking.

If you're interested in a record with challenging songs, or wondering
how a 73 year old can make interesting music, or just are interested
in what William Shatner has made this time, you should download
this record. And when you're in the record shop next time and see
this record, you might be tempted to buy it.